Thierry de La Tour d’Artaise receives the Award for Best Investor Relations by a CEO

As part of the IR Forum, the annual meeting of French investor relations professionals, held on December 12th, Thierry de La Tour d'Artaise received the Best Investor Relations Trophy by a CEO.
In the absence of Thierry de la Tour d'Artaise, the trophy was awarded to Isabelle Posth, Director of Financial Communication and Investor...

As part of its programme to refinance the acquisition of WMF, Groupe SEB is pleased to announce the successful issue of a new Schuldschein (private placement regulated by German law).
From an amount initially targeted at between €300 and €500 million, the placement was increased to €800 million due to very high oversubscription...

Groupe SEB is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to acquire the EMSA company. The acquisition, submitted to approval of the German and Austrian competition authorities, should be finalized in the coming weeks.
German-based EMSA, founded in 1949, designs, manufactures and sells kitchen tools and accessories. The company...

Signature of an agreement for the acquisition of WMF Groupe SEB strengthens its global leadership

Groupe SEB is pleased to announce the signature of an agreement with KKR for the acquisition of the German group WMF, the global leader in professional coffee machines and German leader in cookware.
This structuring acquisition will allow the Group to:
acquire a solid worldwide leadership in the very attractive professional...

S&P affirms 'A-2' Short-Term Rating for SEB S.A. after the acquisition of WMF

On May 31, 2016, S&P Global Ratings affirmed its 'A-2' short-term corporate credit rating on SEB S.A. following the acquisition of the German group WMF, which will increase the group's fully adjusted ratio of debt to EBITDA to above 3x immediately after the transaction completes, before declining to the 2x-3x range over the next...